Live, from the Hof, it’s hand-to-hand combat!

Morris Almond and Marcus Malone are still going at it, exchanging elbows with 12:25 to go in the game. Malone got drilled first but was called for the foul when he retaliated.

Other than that, things have been going the Cougars’ way. They lead 53-47 with eight minutes to play, and the only reason it isn’t a larger margin is because the Cougars — for whatever reason — have decided that they’re not going to guard Rice’s Rodney Foster. Each time UH has threatened to break the game open, Foster has dropped in a big 3-pointer to keep them close.

Oh, and another reason it’s not a larger margin is because the Cougars are determined to jack up as many lame 3-pointers as they can. They already have thrown up 13 in the half, three of which were airballs.